Skills Clinic held on the third Wednesday of the month at Freedom Park

From Noon to 1:30 pm. Students arrive 15 minutes prior to clinic.

Registration Required! Deadline: Friday before clinic.

Students may select from a list of Classes; Students provide their "Skill Level" based on "rating" document below. Students also record a 2nd choice in case a class is unavailable.Confirmation will verify registration.

PRACTICE SESSIONS:

Mondays 4:30 - 6:00 pm at Freedom Park

Players interested in participating should report to the Pergola outside court #4 . Practice sessions will use court 6 & 7 to take advantage of the wall for some drills and additionally on courts 4 & 5 if needed.

This is a "DROP-IN" clinic. No registration is necessary, however, we ask students who attend to "sign-in" so we can contact them about future instruction opportunities. ​

Steve Almes, who proposed these sessions, will also work with students in "practice stations" that will be designed to practice particular skills: serves, returns, dinks, drop shots, backhand, and more. Other instructors will assist him in teaching specific drills.

The practice sessions will divide players by skill level to provide the best opportunity for improvement of all students. Participants will also "play" incorporating the skills they have practiced with critique of court position and strategy.

A focus for these sessions is development of the "soft" game, incorporating off-speed shots, third shot drop shots, blocks and dinks. Also there is emphasis on CONTROL - making the shot in the direction and speed intended. But one session doesn't make this happen. Students who continue to practice and drill will have positive results over time.

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